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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei

07th Expansion · MangaGamer · 2022-06-02

SteamGOG

Adventure

Franchise: Higurashi When They Cry · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text, Auditory

Releases: Jun 02, 2022 (Linux), Jun 02, 2022 (Mac), Jun 02, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.

98%
positive of 301 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 56 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 37% of 16,975 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.0k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 301 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.39-10%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.39 at Steam (2022-06-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 0 of 41 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720222026Week of 2022-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.99$5.392022-06-032026-09-162022-06-03 — best price $5.392022-07-21 — best price $5.392022-09-23 — best price $5.392022-10-31 — best price $5.992022-11-29 — best price $5.992023-01-03 — best price $5.992023-02-13 — best price $5.392023-03-23 — best price $5.992023-06-07 — best price $5.392023-07-18 — best price $5.392023-09-26 — best price $5.992023-11-21 — best price $5.392023-12-21 — best price $5.392024-02-06 — best price $5.992024-03-21 — best price $5.992024-05-30 — best price $5.392024-06-27 — best price $5.392024-08-13 — best price $5.392024-09-25 — best price $5.392024-10-18 — best price $5.392024-11-13 — best price $5.992024-12-12 — best price $5.392025-03-03 — best price $5.392025-03-15 — best price $5.992025-06-18 — best price $5.392025-08-28 — best price $5.392025-09-29 — best price $5.392025-10-20 — best price $5.392025-11-16 — best price $5.992026-01-03 — best price $5.992026-02-13 — best price $5.392026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-05-14 — best price $5.392026-06-16 — best price $5.992026-07-24 — best price $5.392026-09-10 — best price $5.992026-09-16 — best price $5.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

7
achievements tracked
67.4%
earned "Another 83"
47.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)48972%7

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DCuteGore1980sAnimeFunnyComedyLinearAdventureEmotional

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.